Fort Worth weekly gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-01-28
membership are like doves, because they
coma in fOckS


futtering up from the carbon, is alone.
You occasionally look up against the
wintry sky and see solitary bird wing
ing past. But doves or pigeons are in
fiocks; by scores aud hundreds do they
fly. You hear the loud whirr of their
wings as they pass. So to-day we see
great flock coming into the kingdom. 1t
is not straggler, trying to cstch up with
his regiment; it is q soid phalsnS, taking
the kingdom. 1t is not drop on your hand
or cheek that leaves you in doubt Whetl-
er il rains or not, bat the ru-o of an I'M
mistakable shower. 1t is not the raking
up of the eleanlngs, but the tossing up Of
the full shtsves into the mOw-"Ss doves
to their windows" There are all ages in
this fl jck. Some CT them are young, and
the very first ue th-T make Of their
wings is to fly into the Kingdom. S me
of them are old, aud their wings have
been torn with shot and rutIled with the
tempest, and they had almost dropped
into the sea. Some OF them hsve been
making very crooked course. They
dipped their wings in fountains Of sin
they wandered near the gull Of pe;dition;
bat they saw their dauger--tney changed
their course. Tney have cyme at last,
''ao doves 10 the Windows
.thank God that | have lived tn see
this day; to my dying hour l shall Hor
cease TO praise Him for this msniiesta-
ton of His grace. Praise TO Him. sun
and moon and stars. Praise Hin,
church militant on earh! Praise Him,
church triumphant in heaven! Leg the
church beneath raise up its right hand Cf
Gratu a'ion ana the church above reaca
down its right hand of Joy, end while
the two are clasped let the elders Of the
church put to our lips the wine of earthly
celebration, and the cupbearers Of
heaven bring up out Of the vaults Of
eternity the Oldest wine, prepared by Him
Who trod the wine-press alone, and so
let two worlds at once keep jubilee!
Who are these who come to us to-day?
Many are young Until Robert Raikes
came, there was no organized effort for
saving the young.
WE SPENT ALL
of our strength trying to bend old trees.
when little pressure would have been
sufficient for the saplins. We let men
90 down to the very bottom of sin before
we try to lift them up 1t is great dtal
easier to keep train on the track than
10 get it on when it is off. The eX-
periauced reinsmsn checks the fiery
steed at the first jump, Tor when he gets
full swing, the swift hoof clicking fire
from the pavement, and the bit between
his teeth, his momentum is irresistible.
1t is said that the young must be allowed
to sow their "wild oats" I have
noticed that those WHO SOW tbeiC wild
oats seldom try to raise any other kind Of
crop.
| went through the heaviest snow storm
| have ever known to see 6 dying gil.
Her cheek on the pillow was white as the
snow on the easement. Her large, round
eye had not lost any OF its luster Loved
ones stood al around the bed trying to
hold her back. Her mother could not
GiYe her up; her fither could not give
her up, ami one nearer to her than ei.Ier
father or mother was frantic with grief.
! said: "Fanny, how do you feel?" ''Oh,"
she SAYS, chap Y, happy, Mr.. Tslmage
tell all the young folks tnat religion VII
make them happy" As came out Of the
room louder than all the sOb5 and wall
ings of grief l beard the clear, sweet,
glad voice OF the dying 4lrl: sc. q
night; We Shall meet ag lin on the other
side of the river" The next Sabbath re
buried her. We brought white flwers
and laid them on the COfiin. There WAS
in all that crowded church but one really
HAPPY AND DELIGHTED FACE,
and that was the face If Fanny. O!
wish that to-day my Lord Jesus would 60
through this audience and take all these
fl ,wers of youth and garland them On His
brow.
But while great flock this day comes
TO the dOve-cOte of mercy, the lar est
flock are going the other way Il is a
very easy thing to tame doves. Go with
a handful of corn to feed pigeons and
they will fly on your shoulders aud your
hands, SO tame are they. God has fed
those who are before me with "the finest
Of the wheat" and yet you have fl wn
from Him ell your lives long. You have
taken your clothes out of His wardrobe,
and your bread out of His bands. Gods
spirit will not always strive. IL he
after & severe right, you have
gone out and seen the birds dead on the
snow; SO. after while, Gods mercy Will
cease, and the earth will be covered with
the bodies Of those who persisted
in the storm. That storm is
coming. 1t will shiver the mast
of pride-it Will drive INTO
the white reefs of death every cargo Of
SIN. The cedars CT the mountain will
split in the hurricane, aud the islaads |
shall be moved out OF their places, and f.
he continents shall be rent osuudey, aud |
he hemispheres shall whl1l like 'op in |
the fury of that day. The mountains |
VIII be blasted and the beasts, in alright,
De pitched from the Gifts in 81 avail niche |
i terror The dead shall rush forth from /
heir sepulchres to see what il the mat
er, snd all those who despise God she'll |
lorribly perish.
Now do you suppose that I can stand |
lere and know that that day is coming .
telling you about it? Nv last |
'Pstlng- place will probably be near yours. |
What If, when l get up in the resurrec- !
ion dav, should see you rushing at ME .
CrOss the
LOTS OF THE CEMETERY,
nd hear you cry: "Why did you not tell
ne of this? If it had not been for your
neglect should have been on the way to
,lory." can not prepare myself for such
CONSERVATION.
"Can you tell me how far it is to help"
aid young man as, On Sunday, on
horseback, he dashed past good Chris
IAN deacon. At the next turn in the road
he horse threw the scotfing rider and he
as dead. He wanted to know how far
t was to hell and found out without the
eacOn's telling him.
SO thou art mounted on swift steed,
whose hoofs strike fire from the pavement
8 he dGshes past, and YOU CRY out: GLOW
ar is it to ruin?" Ianswer: Near
erv nearr
Perhaps his very dav
Thy last accepted time nav he;
Oh shoulds't thou grieve HIN now away,
Then hope may never beam on thee.
Oh, that my Lord God would bring you
ow to see your sin and to fly from it;
nd your duty, and help you to d. it, so
lat when the last great terror Of earth
ball spread its two black wing, and
lutch with its bloody talOnS for tiny soul,